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Birklands Park London Road Al1 1Ts

TP/2016/0445Tree works to TPO trees(s)Approved

Approved on 27 October 2016

Council decision: Treeworks approvalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

W1 - Reduce lateral growth of all trees overhanging road and pathway to clear road by 16ft and path by 8ft. To facilitate movement of people and vehicles and to clear street light to improve filtration of light.

Received
5 October 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cunningham
  1. Received5 Oct
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.3 Nov
  4. Target3 Nov
  5. Decided27 Oct

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Birklands Park London Road Al1 1Ts. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 5 weeks quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Cunningham. We hold 3,222 applications in total for the AL1 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at St Albans City and District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
AL1 1TS
Application type
Tree works to TPO trees(s)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 October 2016
Consultation expiry
3 November 2016
Consultation end
3 November 2016
Target decision date
3 November 2016
Application expires
30 November 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO1523Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
  • Green belt: St Albans
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: St Albans

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